In parallel with the ground attacks carried out in the Gaza Strip, “around 200 Hamas terrorist targets” were targeted on the night of Sunday December 3 to Monday December 4, announced the Israeli army. A school located in Beit Hanoun, “from which an attack on the troops was carried out”, vehicles containing weapons, military infrastructure, an arms warehouse and a terrorist cell, were targeted, states the IDF in its press release published on Telegram messaging. Follow our live stream.
Israel announces that it is extending its ground operations to the entire Gaza Strip. “The army operates wherever Hamas has strongholds”, declared late Sunday evening its spokesperson, Daniel Hagari. Israeli soldiers have been engaged in a ground offensive since October 27 in the enclave, where they took control of several sectors. Since the resumption of fighting on Friday, the army had mainly focused on air raids.
Several dead in strike on hospital in northern Gaza. During the night from Sunday to Monday, a strike on an entrance to the Kamal Adwan hospital, located in northern Gaza, left several people dead, according to the Palestinian Wafa agency. The Hamas government accused, in a statement, the Israeli army of “serious violation” of international humanitarian law. Contacted by AFP to find out if it had bombed the perimeter of this hospital, the Israeli army did not respond immediately.
The Israeli army reveals the identity of the three soldiers who died on Sunday. In a statement, the Israeli army released the names of three soldiers who died during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. They are Neriya Shaer, 36, Ben Zussman, 22, and Binyamin Yehoshua Needham, 19.
Kamala Harris spoke by telephone with the Israeli president. This call aimed in particular to “plan for the day after the end of the fighting in Gaza”reports the daily Haaretz. The American vice-president also underlined the United States’ commitment to a solution based on the coexistence of two states. She also expressed these sentiments in a separate conversation with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during which she expressed support for the Palestinian people and their right to security, dignity and to self-determination.